Denied their dreams of education and jobs, young people have been sapped of rebellious energy. But their anger is growing In December 2008, in Athens, a "special security officer" shot dead a young student , igniting demonstrations, strikes and riots. Young people were at the forefront of the protests, in a country with a long tradition of youth participation in social and political movements....
Writing for the Guardian, Yannis Stournaras claims years of ruthless austerity are finally paying off for economy Greece, the country at the centre of Europe's debt crisis, is about to enter a new era after achieving the biggest fiscal adjustment in global financial history, according to its finance minister. Yannis Stournaras, writing for the Guardian's Comment is free site on the eve of a gathering...
Médecins Sans Frontières reveals outbreaks of scabies and TB and human waste seeping through the floor Migrants and asylum-seekers detained in Greece are being forced to endure deplorable conditions, often with devastating effects on their health, according to a report from aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). ...
Latest: Eurogroup splits 8.3bn Greek bailout into three parts Euro jobless falls by just 35,000 Eurozone manufacturing grow slows ... ... although French manufacturing beats forecasts 11.27am BST It's official, Greece will receive its next aid payment, worth over 8bn -- but it will be split into three payments. Over in Athens, eurozone finance minister have agreed that Athens has done enough to earn...
Greek deputies vote for IMF-EU economic reform package Eurozone finance ministers expected to approve bailout funds Eurozone inflation falls to 0.5% in March 11.08am BST Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has promised to create a special economic zone in Crimea offering tax breaks and reduced bureaucracy to woo investors. 10.55am BST Another word on mortgage approvals. Capital Economics thinks...
Survey shows increase in the number of new poor in seven countries and challenges the official European Union discourse Far from being over Europe's economic crisis is getting worse with disturbing levels of poverty and deprivation being noted among children and youth, says a report compiled by the Catholic charity Caritas. The survey, conducted over the course of the past year, not only challenges...
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Liberalising the law around milk sales should bring the price down – by allowing competition from outside Greece Greece's government risks another rebellion over bailout terms this week after milk producers lobbied against a move to free up prices under efforts to make the economy more competitive. The country's international lenders want it to ditch rules, such as limiting the shelf-life of fresh...
Under armed guard, the judges investigating the far-right party's criminal activities have brought it down: but it is far from out For half a year they have sat in their seventh-floor office, probing the murky depths of Europe's most violent political force. It is not a mission that many would envy. But Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou, long-time friends who belong to Greece's first generation...
Civil service global roundup: Greeks strike against austerity measures and Malaysian officials warned not to speculate on missing plane Iraq: prime minister lashes out at 'reckless' civil servants The Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki accused unnamed government officials of deliberately hampering the political process, on his weekly televised address to the nation. He said that some civil servants...
A €10bn aid package for Greece has been agreed – the first was €110bn – but why would businesses stay in the country? Every time Akis Agorastos drives back over the border from Bulgaria to Serres, the northern Greek town where he was born, his blood pressure rises a little. The shuttered shops, myriad "for rent" signs, derelict factories and empty streets fill him with gloom. "Anger and sadness overwhelm...
PM Antonis Samaras says poorest 1 million Greeks will benefit from deal with EU, ECB and IMF to tune of €500m After seven months of gruelling negotiations, Greece has finally struck a deal with its three creditors to release more than €10bn in aid, prime minister Antonis Samaras has announced. After marathon talks that in recent weeks have rarely ended before dawn, the EU, European Central...
Four-year-old girl among the dead after fibreglass boat took on water as it approached island of Lesbos Seven Syrians trying to reach Europe have drowned off the coast of Greece. Rescue services, alerted by a passing Turkish cargo ship, pulled two bodies from the waters off the island of Lesbos and another five from a semi-sunken boat. Eight other migrants were rescued and two were missing. The merchant...
Seven bodies found off coast of Lesbos after boat sailing from Turkey sinks in eastern Aegean Sea Officials in Greece say they have recovered the bodies of seven migrants who drowned overnight when a boat travelling illegally from Turkey sank in the eastern Aegean Sea. The merchant marine ministry said another eight people had been rescued near the island of Lesbos. Two of the bodies were found in...
Alexopoulos jumps ship before vote that could allow criminal charges to be brought against far-right Greek party's MPs Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party has been thrown into crisis after one of its MPs broke ranks before a crucial vote by the parliament in Athens that is likely to pave the way for criminal charges to be brought against the party's 18 MPs. As the legislature prepared to cancel politicians'...
Amid violent exchanges between debt-ridden country's people and its mandarins, classes will teach tact and diplomacy Until Greece's economic meltdown, anger management was an alien concept at the country's finance ministry. Patience and politesse were qualities sorely missing in interactions between Greeks and officials tasked with prying cash out of some of the world's most talented tax dodgers....
Angry demonstrations in Athens after public buildings around the Acropolis and other landmarks included in privatisation list Greece's cultural gems have become the focus of renewed protest on the streets of Athens following the cash-strapped government's announcement of plans to include prime properties around the Acropolis, and other landmark buildings, in its privatisation programme. Furious opponents...
Civil service global roundup: Yemeni government pushes to eradicate civil service corruption and troika asks for Greek civil servants to be paid less Scotland: no structural change would be needed after yes vote The former permanent secretary of Scotland, Sir John Elvidge, has said that there will be no need for radical change to existing civil service structures in the country if Scotland votes for...
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With only two months until the European elections, Potami is already polling 6%, due to its rejection of traditional party politics The word on everyone's lips in Greece is "Potami". It is the name of a new party, or movement to be more accurate, created by the respected journalist Stavros Theodorakis barely two weeks ago and already polling around a staggering 6% in national surveys. It means "river"...